In reply to Post #15
I still use conti's for 90% of my fishing - agree about the barbs - metal snaps every time.

Only time I have ever had a conti snap was a direct pull with 30lb braid on a snag, just below the eye where I had bent it for bottom bait fishing. Can't think of them ever bending out on a fish either - maybe once or twice over the years.

Not great for Chods IMO - the eyes are too small for most filaments to double back through

In reply to Post #15
Sure, it makes sense that the barbs snap - v high hardness and only a mm thick.

In reply to Post #17
It wasn't the barb, it was the entire hook point, try it yourself if you get the chance.

I'd avoid esp, I've had one cryogen snap in half and one trigga bend out fully. Never had that with any other hook

In reply to Post #18
didn't realise that was what you were saying - I have the barb snap off but no issue with the hook point ever going.

In reply to Post #20
Every time I tried it. I stopped trying in the end.

In reply to Post #21
Gardner rigger bcr is a beast of a chod hook.

ib hooks hand sharpened